IDW Publishing Takes A Hack At ‘Machete’ With Robert Rodriguez This September!

With Robert Rodriguez’s upcoming “GRINDHOUSE” spin-off “MACHETE” set to release in September, publisher IDW will be teaming up with the director turned comic writer to release a 6 issue series based upon the film starring Danny Trejo. Aptly titled “MACHETE” the first issue will arrive in stores in September with the first of another 5 issues slated to drop in December. Inside you can get all the details on the series. Read on for the skinny.

“Director Robert Rodriguez in conjunction with publisher IDW has teamed up with über comic artist Juan Doe to execute the covers for the new Machete comic based on the “Mexploitation” film of the same name.

The first Machete comic, issue #0, will be released in September, with issues 1-5 breaking in December.

Robert Rodriguez and his long time producer Aaron Kaufman wrote the story with Stuart Sager handling the artwork and Zach Howard doing coloring.”